Loweryfarm
In the Brooder
Hi, I’m curious about the behaviors of my roosters.
I had a white RIR first and he’s the alpha
Then after getting a few hens I got a black silkie rooster.
When those two met the WRIR proceeded to try and mate with the smaller BSR all day long. BSR definitely fought it and screamed a bunch at first then kinda submitted.
I figure that was WRIR’s way of making the BSR submit and letting him know he’s the alpha rooster.
But they have weird behavior now about a month later:
The WRIR mates almost whoever he wants all the time in the hens and the BSR mates with a few here and there, usually whoever will let him 2-3 and maybe he can force one of the smaller ones to let him.
The WRIR seems fine with letting him
Mate any of the hens bc he’s never ran over in defense of the hens when they scream as the BSR tries to mate them, BUT the BSR almost always runs over and Pecks at the WRIR when it’s trying to mate any hen, and the WRIR either gets finished before BSR gets there or is interrupted and most of the time he walks off almost dazed and confused as to what just happens but one time I saw him chase the silkie and try to mate him again.
Any thoughts on this behavior? Does the WRIR just think the silkie is a hen?
Also just a fun fact but I’ve seen BSR go after my Black orps who aren’t mature enough bc they’re too young still but are 4x bigger than him and it’s hilarious.
I had a white RIR first and he’s the alpha
Then after getting a few hens I got a black silkie rooster.
When those two met the WRIR proceeded to try and mate with the smaller BSR all day long. BSR definitely fought it and screamed a bunch at first then kinda submitted.
I figure that was WRIR’s way of making the BSR submit and letting him know he’s the alpha rooster.
But they have weird behavior now about a month later:
The WRIR mates almost whoever he wants all the time in the hens and the BSR mates with a few here and there, usually whoever will let him 2-3 and maybe he can force one of the smaller ones to let him.
The WRIR seems fine with letting him
Mate any of the hens bc he’s never ran over in defense of the hens when they scream as the BSR tries to mate them, BUT the BSR almost always runs over and Pecks at the WRIR when it’s trying to mate any hen, and the WRIR either gets finished before BSR gets there or is interrupted and most of the time he walks off almost dazed and confused as to what just happens but one time I saw him chase the silkie and try to mate him again.
Any thoughts on this behavior? Does the WRIR just think the silkie is a hen?
Also just a fun fact but I’ve seen BSR go after my Black orps who aren’t mature enough bc they’re too young still but are 4x bigger than him and it’s hilarious.